You need to subscribe to a Ring Protect plan to take advantage of the system’s most advanced features, but that doesn’t prevent it from earning our Editors’ Choice award for DIY smart home security systems alongside the Adobe Iota, SimpliSafe Home Security System, and Wyze Home Monitoring. If you also need a new router, the Ring Alarm Pro is your best bet. You can purchase the Ring Alarm Pro as a complete system or get the base station ($249.99) and sensors you need separately. We tested the eight-piece system that costs $299.99 the package includes the base station, four door or window sensors, a motion sensor, a keypad, and a range extender. For larger homes, the 14-piece system ($379.99) bundles the base station, eight door or windows sensors, two motion sensors, two keypads, and one range extender. The rear of the base station houses internet and power indicators, two gigabit Ethernet ports (WAN and LAN), a USB power port, a micro SD card slot (Ring provides a 64GB microSD card), a pairing button, and a reset button. The bottom has four rubber feet for desktop placement and two slots for mounting the unit on a wall. The card slot is for the Ring Edge feature (which requires a Ring Protect subscription) that lets you store and process video recordings locally rather than in the cloud. The base station packs a lot of wireless circuitry. It has Bluetooth, cellular, RF, and Z-Wave radios. Most importantly, it houses an Eero Wi-Fi 6 mesh router that you can use to create a whole-home network along with Eero 6 Extenders ($89 each). The dual-band router has a maximum data rate of up to 900Mbps and can cover up to 1,500 square feet each extender adds 1,500 square feet of Wi-Fi coverage. The base station contains a very loud 104dB siren and a battery backup that provides power for up to 24 hours in the event of an outage. If that’s not enough auxiliary juice, you can purchase a Ring Power Pack ($129.99) that gives you an additional eight hours of power (depending on use). You can connect up to four power packs at a time for a total of 32 hours of backup power.
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